[rockyroad]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

Bull$hit...your rule book and the Fed interp call it a block, fine...but no way is that common sense! And JR, you should know me well enough by now to know that when I call a HS game, I will do my darndest to get it right by Fed rules - including the things I think the Fed is wrong about.
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Rock, when did "common sense" become a part of this particular discussion? Or as a prerequisite for one of the FED's interpretations either?

Know what? The problem still is that your state interpreters are telling you that they DON'T want this play called by FED rules. They want it called by their rule instead. However, if everybody in your state calls the play uniformly, then there AIN'T a problem now locally, is there? The problem is, was and always has been trying to attain uniformity on calls from region to region, or state to state, etc. That's what the FED is trying to do by issuing these interpretations. Coaches and players have to know what to expect from us. In this case, they have to know how this play is gonna be called so that they can teach and use the defensive techniques that will conform to the rule as called, not necessarily as it is written. If coaches and players in Washington know how you guys are gonna call this, and it get's called uniformly, then nobody should have any b*tches imo. Where the problem might come into play though is when your teams go into other states, and run into officials that do call the play as written by rule. [/B][/QUOTE]

Agreed...and I don't think the state was saying to disregard the rule - just (as far as what I got out of the presentation)not to be too worried about that foot barely touching a line...aas far as common sense - I think it was BushRef who brought that into the mix, and i vehemently disagreed with that having anything to do with this rule...